The Grand Trunk Steamship Prince George, and sister ship SSPrince Rupert, provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. Maxtone-Graham, John (1972), Page 25, The Only Way to Cross. Generale de transportes Maritimes with accommodation for a total of 1305 passengers. 1956 Norwegian America Line took delivery of their new Transatlantic liner Bergensfjord in May 1956, having been launched by Princess Astrid of Norway in July 1955. After many mergers and takeovers, nationalisation and de-nationalisation, the Swan, Hunter name continues as engineering consultants to the ship-building industry.. Perhaps the last cableship built by Swan Hunter was the Sir Eric Sharp, launched in 1988.Named after the chairmain of Cable & Wireless, the ship is still in service today, but under the new name of CS IT Intrepid after its purchase . 110 1980 Pacific Crane D / H / P Hebburn Dock The company also had a subsidiary salvage company called the Sunderland Salvage Company of Lindsay Swan, Hunter who undertook a number of major operations in the West Indies. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and Date Country Builder Location . 61 1978 Newcastle D / H / P Neptune [9] In 1973 further expansion came with the purchase of Palmers Dock at Hebburn from Vickers-Armstrongs. 1950 the Shell supertanker, Velutina was launched in 1950 by Princess Margaret at the Wallsend Yard, which also launched the much larger supertankers Solen, Narica and Nacella in the 1960s also for Shell. 1924 Floating dock sizes rose to 55,000 tons with ones for Singapore Docks and the Admiralty plus five other small ones. Photo by Trevor Ermel. 138 Allocated to refit work Wallsend received the Mauretania, and the Lusitania went to Clydebank, 'Metal Bashing' between the wars at the Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson yard at Wallsend, The Mauretania enters the river Tyne at the Swan Hunter shipyard, Wallsend, on September 20 1906, A packet of Woodbine cigarettes (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images), The yards, like Swan Hunter, Palmers and Redhead, employed generations of families, and brought wealth and fame to the region, Slips by the side of bulk paper carrier, Swan Hunter. All three were powered by six steam turbines driving twin screws. 13 Not allocated SS Chancellor was a British cargo ship that was shelled and sunk by SMU-41 in the Atlantic Ocean 86 nautical miles (159km; 99mi) south by east of the Fastnet Rock, while she was travelling from Liverpool to New Orleans. Palm, Line and Ellerman Lines were the major customers of the yards during this period, they commissioned 22 cargo-liners in total including Ilorin Palm (5442/60) which launched 17 weeks ahead of schedule in 1960. 119 Not allocated [16] By July 2006, the costs had risen to 309 million and only one ship had been delivered. 19. 16. Maintained by Sapere Software. [24], Also in 2016, Swan Hunter was relaunched into the subsea industry by Gerard Kroese, the eldest son of former owner Jaap Kroese. [11], The Company was privatised again in 1987 but decided to close its Neptune Yard in 1988. 23. 18. She was fitted with one of the last Swan Hunter-built Doxford oil engines as the Neptune engine works ceased production shortly afterwards. Prior to this, in 1939, he was appointed Assistant Manager of the Wallsend Dry Docks Dept, becoming General Manager in 1943. 16 1969 Amra D / H / P South Shields Notable liners included: Port Napier (9847/40) was requisitioned by the Admiralty and completed as a minelayer to carry 500 mines for barrage work. 85-86 157,000 OBO - Cancelled "Varicella". 340 1978 Aldrington D / H / P Neptune It was bought by the National Shipbuilders Security and was due to be dismantled. 306 second class,1800 third class passengers who had cabins and public rooms comparable with first class on other liners. The trio of vessels made for Bowring ( Regent Lion, Regent Panther and Regent Tiger) could carry 14540 tons of petrol. The 18 1970 Not Tyne built Haverton Hill 123 1988 Sheffield D / H / P Neptune Princess Astrid had travelled to the launching from Norway on Leda (6670/53) of Bergen Line which she had also launched at the yard on 3rd September 1952. Of the 73, two . London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8. The Yard was closed because of the Depression, as its main owners had no use for it. However a large liner called Giulio Cesare which had been ordered by Navigazione Generale Italiana of Genoa for service to South America, was launched on 7th February 1920 and completed in March 1922. 50 1973 Meadowbank D / H / P Wallsend 1337 1978 Starman Anglia D / H / P Neptune we . 71 1976 Apsheron D / H / P Hebburn On the deck of the vessel and enclosed in a large house is placed the workshop machinery, which consists of punching and shearing machine, lathe, steam hammer, drilling shaping, and screwing machines, smiths fires, straightening blocks, vice bench and anvil, etc., the whole of which is driven by electric motive power, which has been supplied by Messrs J. H. Holmes and Co. that's Touchstone's forest jest, that's swan of Avon logic. At various times Swan Hunter also owned Palmers Hebburn Yard, Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Yard and Readheads at South Shields which were all on the south side of the River Tyne. 498 feet in length with room for 200 first class, 46 alternate first and second, 100 second class, 80 third class and 1642 emigrants. She was under repair for the next year and a half, after which she rejoined the Mediterranean Fleet.During the first few months of the Second World War . [22], In 2008, the company said it was concentrating on ship design with just under 200 people employed. 128 1989 Sir Eric Sharp D / H / P Wallsend The first-class entrance hall featured an overlay marquetry panel of the world over the staircase so passengers could trace the course of the ship. 56 1974 Alnwick Castle D / H / P Walker 125 1987 Sir Galahad D / H / P Wallsend This web publication contains 147,919 pages of A number of tramps were also manufactured which were ideal as grain carriers as they had steel, centre line bulkheads in their six holds, and plenty of portable wooden grain boards and trunks for their 9700 ton cargo. 137 1995 Richmond D / H / P Wallsend Two French cargo-liners were also manufactured and a variety of vessels were made for France, Holland, Indo-China. During 1933 the total tonnage amounted to only 11,033 grt with almost every shipyard worker laid idle. 84 260,000 Tanker - Cancelled Dwarka was powered by Doxford oil engines and had accommodation for 50 passengers in cabins as well as many Indian deck passengers on her voyages to the Persian Gulf. This equates to one third of output. 1934 See Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson: 1934 Review, 1936 Subsidiary Tyne Plywood Works formed to manufacture gaboon plywood. 118 1984 Hoegh Duke D / H / P Wallsend Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. Other SGTM vessels: Sidi del Abbes of 5226 grt (1948 95 first- class, 226 tourist-class, 573 third-class passengers, President de Cazalet (an exact sister ship also built in 1948 for the Cie de Navigation Mixte fleet). Every Friday bars of Castle Soap were handed out to workers to take home. 17 1970 Aska D / H / P South Shields 1960. If you clocked in late at 7.31am the time was printed in red ink. 21 1970 Manora D / H / P Neptune 105 1979 Royal Prince D / H / P Walker 30. Hunter Dunn,Furnishd and burnishd by Aldershot sun,What strenuous singles we played after tea,We in the tournamentyou against me!Sir John Betjeman (19061984). At its apex, the company represented the combined forces of three powerful shipbuilding families: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson. The ship is the aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious, The cruise ship Vistafjord at North Shields leaving the River Tyne in April 1973 after her sea trials, The destroyers HMS Exeter, HMS Southampton and HMS Nottingham awaiting disposal in Portsmouth dockyard, Wallsend-built Mauretania leaves the Tyne, 1907. William Milburn also had five ships built by the Company (he had been a key customer in the 1880s) marking a shift to motor ships. A powerful cantilever crane having span of 40 feet and capable of lifting 15 tons is placed the forward end of the vessel. Note: This is a sub-section of Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, 1903 'A FLOATING WORKSHOP FOR NATAL. She was a 5,000 dwt and a conventional three-island tramp with five holds of which No. SS Warrimoo was an Australian/New Zealand passenger ship, launched in 1892. The ship is best remembered for allegedly crossing the intersection of the International Date Line and the Equator precisely at the turn of the year from 1899 to 1900. 594 1977 Singularity D / H / P South Shields In service from 1910 until 1945, the vessel saw brief service as a hospital ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. It was only the yards ability to build every type of ship that kept it going. The speed obtained on the measured mile trials was a mean of 7.12 knots, this speed being considerably in excess of what had been guaranteed by the builders. Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and management company,[1] based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. Three passenger cargo liners were also completed at this time for British India with accommodation for 130 cabin-class passengers and 2000 Indian deck passengers. That elastic piece of wood with its feathered dart, so sure to be unstrung by contact with civilization, will serve for the type, the coat-of-arms of the savage. The ships were built in the design of Alexander Handyside & Co, Glasgow. He ship was turbine powered as were her sister ships. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, The Times Engineering Supplement, 27 October 1909, British Shipbuilding Yards. 103 1977 Apapa pontoons Wallsend 81 157,000 OBO - Cancelled 1941 In June King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited the Neptune yard and other Tyneside yards in an attempt to boost morale. Ship built 1952 for Norway - England route. [20] During this time, Lyme Bay's earlier sister ship, Largs Bay, was noted as the last ship to be built and fully completed by Swan Hunter. 90 1975 Strait of Canso D / H / P South Shields [26] The company announced further equipment pool growth through a 15Te tensioner and 450Te reel drive system. The more inventive used the protective metal ends off the pipes as chip pans. The entire plant machinery and equipment from Swan Hunter was dismantled and transported to India over six months to be rebuilt at Bharati Shipyards. WW2 Just before the outbreak of war, extensive orders were in hand, and some 55 ships were completed for private owners up to early 1946 under Government licence. 115 1981 Mediterranean Shearwater D / H / P Hebburn Dock text of this web site is available under the Creative 65 1975 Yorkshire D / H / P Hebburn Dock & Walker The Monarch became famous in 1955/56 when she laid the first Transatlantic telephone cable between Oban and New Foundland. Further vessels were made for T&J Harrison (for their West-Indies to London route) and Greece and Australia. She was completed with four six inch guns as main armament. She was later converted into a commando carrier. 98 1980 Kharg D / H / P Walker Ships built by Swan Hunter All items (83) # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other A SS Abukir CSS Acadia Greek destroyer Adrias Greek destroyer Adrias (L67) HMS Albion (R07) America Maru HMS Anson (79) HMS Ark Royal (R07) SS Atlantic Causeway SS Atlantic Conveyor B HMS Barfleur (D80) RFA Black Rover (A273) 135 1994 Westminster D / H / P Wallsend Other directors included his son George Ernest Hunter, Charles Sheriton Swan and his son. 8 1970 Blue Rover D / H / P Hebburn The burned hulk was beached on Gravina Island where it remained for the next few years until it was towed to Seattle, Washington and broken up for scrap. This page was last edited on 28 August 2021, at 15:35. S.S. Peter G. Campbell. 51 1973 Moraybank D / H / P South Shields That company was an early manufacturer of Parsons turbine engines, which enabled the Mauretania to achieve its great speed. The workshop is very easily handled, and steered remarkably well in the river. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Swan,_Hunter_and_Wigham_Richardson:_Ships_Built&oldid=1093483, Creative 1961 Parent of group of five subsidiaries engaged as shipbuilders, marine engineers, ship repairers and builders of passenger liners, cargo ships, oil tankers, ore carriers and cable ships, warships and floating docks. Photos Satellite and aerial maps of Swan Hunter (Neptune) with nearby locations: Toggle Map | Km: Bearing: 0.6: 021: Swan Hunter (Wallsend), England: 0.6: 065: Hawthorn Leslie . Engine works ceased production shortly afterwards and a conventional three-island tramp with holds. Royal Prince D / H / P South Shields 1960 50 1973 Meadowbank D / H P! 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